Basic income is a policy of income distribution, which is paid monthly to each adult citizen in an amount sufficient to cover basic needs such as rent and food. Basic income is financed by increased taxes and the abolition of all other possible forms of social security. According to calculations, even if this measerues are added, the budget would not be sufficient to fund the basic income. The guarantee of work is more efficient policy. The reason for the discussion of basic income is technological unemployment, which could be caused by an upcoming technology. Some of these technologies are self-driving car, bots, robots, and there is a great potential in the future from the 3d printing and nanotechnology. Overnight mass unemployment is unlikely, but keeping the employment rate with newly created jobs is uncertain also. If the increase in unemployment happens due to new technologies, it would be necessary to use the policy of retraining and a guarantee of work and perhaps basic income.